#BD9C40#BD9C40

#BD9C40 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.116 H 89.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD9C40
RGB	rgb(189, 156, 64)
HSL	hsl(44, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(44, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.5%, 66.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.72, 1.99, 51.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.72, 51.26, 87.78°)
OKLab	oklab(70.53% 0.0016 0.1163)
OKLCH	oklch(70.53% 0.116 89.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.8019, 34.9679, 9.8186)
Luminance	0.3497 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD9C40 #4061BD

analogous

#BD5E40 #BD9C40 #A0BD40

triadic

#BD9C40 #40BD9C #9C40BD

tetradic

#BD9C40 #40BD5E #4061BD #BD40A0

square

#BD9C40 #40BD5E #4061BD #BD40A0

split-complementary

#BD9C40 #40A0BD #5E40BD

monochromatic

#625121 #8F7631 #BD9C40 #CDB46D #DDCB9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#BD9C40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.99

#BD9C40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BD9C40

7.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD9C40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD9C40	1.00	2.63	7.99	7.99
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9A35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A344

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC9088

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd9c40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 156, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.116 89.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b879',
    500: '#bd9c40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd9c40;
$custom-light: #d4b879;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd9c40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.16,
    "s": 49.407,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70531,
    "c": 0.11633,
    "h": 89.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34966
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD9C40

secondary

#909FC9

accent

#73D94F

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD9C40

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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